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Police Chief James Sheppard said Karl Brumfield, 48, of Bartlett Street was found dead on his front porch by emergency responders about 6:15 p.m. Brumfield was shot once in the upper body and was pronounced dead at the scene. Sheppard said it appeared that Brumfield was involved in some sort of dispute before he was killed.

The latest details in the city's second homicide of 2013 came during a rash of violence Tuesday that also involved an officer-involved shooting downtown and a ...